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Joshua 19:16

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Joshua 19:16 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:16 — American Standard Version

Context — Joshua 19

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
13and from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretcheth unto Neah;
14and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtah-el;
15and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
16This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
17The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their families.
18And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
19and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun, according to their families, etc.] Which was allotted to it and divided, according to the number of its families: these cities with their villages; before enumerated, excepting such as only bordered on them; though indeed there were other cities which belonged to them, or might be after given them, not here mentioned, as Kartah and Dimnah, (<062134>Joshua 21:34,35).”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“19:16 Both by number of towns and by size of its territory, Zebulun was smallest of all the tribes. However, the New Testament village of Nazareth, where Jesus grew up, was in the tribal territory of Zebulun (Matt 2:19-23; 4:13-16).”
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